Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Madame Frances Alda (1883-1952)
Object Number:
1990.1.148
Date:
1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21 x 14 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat / Oct 25/32"; signed by sitter at lower center: "MME FRANCES ALDA"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was an opera singer originally from New Zealand. She performed regularly with the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1908 to 1929.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
